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Unit 4
Have a Nice Trip
Part I
Getting ready Audioscript:
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Australia is the world's
largest island and its smallest continent. Its
total area of 3 000 000 square miles is
about the same as that of the
continental United States (excluding
Alaska).
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The
area of Nepal is about 54 000 square miles. Within
its borders
are five of the world's
highest peaks.
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Switzerland is a small, landlocked country, 15 944
square miles in
area. It's bordered by
France, Austria, and Italy.
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More than 20 000 000
people live in Argentine. About 97 percent
are of European stock. Most Argentines
live on the eastern plains.
Fewer than
19% live in the dry western and northwestern
provinces.
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Austria is 32 376 square miles in area. This makes
it twice the size
of neighboring
Switzerland. There are about 7 150 000 people
living in
Austria. More than one third
of the people live in or near Vienna, the
capital city.
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Colombia is the only
country in South America with a coastline on
both sides of the continent. It is a
big country with an area of 439 828
square miles and about 16 300 000
persons live in Colombia.
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Saudi Arabia's area is
estimated to be about 830 000 square miles.
Almost all of Saudi Arabia's 7 000 000
people are Arabs. Today Saudi
Arabia's
vast oil resources are paying for the
modernization of the
country.
Conditions there are changing more rapidly than
they have for
centuries.
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Denmark proper has an area
of only 16 575 square miles. It is the
smallest of the Scandinavian countries
-- Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway
and Sweden. But Denmark's population of over 4 600
000 is
greater than that of Norway and
more than half that of Sweden.
Part II Canada
Audioscript:
Thank you for
calling the Daily News Information line on Canada.
Canada is a huge country, second in
size only to the former Soviet
Union.
Yet it has only 26 million people, which is less
than half the
population of the United
Kingdom. It extends from the Great Lakes in
the south to the majestic Rocky
Mountains in the west, and the bleak
Arctic Islands in the far north. A
third of the country is covered by
forest and there are also vast
grasslands and countless lakes and rivers.
There are great variations in climate.
Winters are extremely cold
except in
Vancouver which has a milder climate owing to its
location
on the west coast, so take a
heavy overcoat and a fur hat. Canadian
summers are warm on the whole,
especially inland, so you'll only need
lightweight clothing.
A quarter of
all Canadians, mainly those living in the province
of
Quebec in the east, speak French as
their first language. In addition,
there are half a million American
Indians, a million Germans and
smaller
numbers of Italians, Ukranians and Inuit. Canada
has two
official languages: English and
French, except in the province of
Quebec where French alone is the
official language. You'll find English
spoken virtually everywhere apart from
Quebec and if you plan to visit
Quebec
City, you'll definitely need a French phrasebook
if you don't
speak French.
Eating out is a
pleasure in Canada and you'll find restaurants,
coffee shops and snack bars to suit
every pocket. Menus offer a wide
choice
with excellent seafood like Pacific salmon,
lobsters and clams,
meat dishes
including moose steaks and beefsteaks, and also a
range of
ethnic foods. For the sweet
course, the specialty/speciality is waffles, a
kind of thick pancake, served with
maple syrup. Beer is good but
foreign
wines, even those from neighboring America, tend
to be quite
dear and local wines are
not particularly good.
Canada has some of the
world's most modern shopping centers.
Clothes tend to be slightly expensive
by European standards but there
are
some bargains to be had. Good buys include
moccasins, a kind of
soft leather shoe
made by Indians, woolen gloves and sweaters, wood
carvings, leather goods and maple
syrup, of course.
The unit of currency is the
Canadian dollar. Banking hours are
from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Thursday and till
later on Fridays.
Have a good trip, and thank
you for calling the information line.
Part III Travelling around Australia
Audioscript:
Nancy:
Oh,
David, hi! You know, I've been meaning to talk to
you. I'm
planning a trip to Australia,
and I wonder if you could give me
some
advice.
David:
Sure! What... what do you want to know?
Nancy:
Well, I
thought I'd start my trip in Sydney. What should I
see
there?
David:
Well, the most
important thing to see, of course, is the harbor,
which is the most beautiful in the
world.
Nancy:
Oh, right. Do they have boat trips?
David:
Yeah, of course, they
do. They have wonderful boat trips! The
one ... the one that I recommend
particularly is ... is a trip
around
Have a Nice Trip the harbor in an old sailing
ship.
Nancy:
Oh,
that sounds like lots of fun!
David:
Yeah. And, of course,
then there's the Sydney Opera House,
which ... which everyone knows about.
And, uh, you can see ...
see wonderful
things there ... concerts and opera and theater.
Nancy:
Oh, I
definitely want to go there! Now what about places
to
stay? Can you recommend some place
inexpensive?
David:
Yeah, let me see ...
Probably, of course, you know I don't stay
in these places, but probably the most
inexpensive place
would be ... would be
a backpacker's hotel. There are lots of
those.
Nancy:
OK, thanks. That
sounds good. Uh, where should I go after
Sydney?
David:
After Sydney, let's
see ... I'd recommend that you travel up the
coast to the Great Barrier Reef, which
is in North Queensland.
Nancy:
Right. I've heard a
lot about it! But what is there to do there?
David:
Well, you
can go scuba diving and see the coral reef and the
tropical fish up close ...
Nancy:
You know I don't like
to get wet.
David:
Well, there ...
there're always ... always these glass-bottom
boats you can ... you can travel on.
They're ... they're fabulous!
Yeah,
and, uh, there're ... there are literally hundreds
of islands
you can explore.
Nancy:
Wow! And are there
places to stay?
David:
Yeah, sure. If you
want to spend lots of money, you can stay at
one of these fabulous resort hotels or,
if you want to ... want to
do it on the
cheap, you can ... you can go to a guesthouse,
which are much cheaper.
Nancy:
Right. That sounds
good. Well, what next?
David:
Next, well, I guess
you should ... should go inland to ... to
Ayers Rock in Uluru National Park.
Nancy:
Ayers
Rock? What is that? How do you spell it?
David:
It's ...
it's Ayers Rock. It's ... it's spelled ... let's
see, A-Y-E-R-S.
It's the largest rock
in the world! You must know about it!
Nancy:
No kidding! No, I've
never heard of it! What do you do when
you visit it?
David:
Well, it's mainly
hiking and trekking. You can ... you can walk
right round the base of it if you like.
[Huh!] It takes about ...
it's ... it's
about five and a half miles, I guess, but [Wow!]
it's
really well worth it. And, uh,
there are cave paintings in the
rock,
and the colors of the rock ... at... at sunrise
and sunset...
are just fabulous!
Nancy:
Sounds
like I should bring my camera!
David:
You sure should!
Finally, let's see, I guess you should travel ...
travel north to visit the Kakadu
National Park.
Nancy:
Kakadu? How do you
spell that?
David:
K-A-K-A-D-U. It's ...
it's a tropical forest where you can go
hiking and see all sorts of wildlife
...
Nancy:
Oh?
David:
Oh, and
there are some beautiful waterfalls there as well.
Nancy:
And do
they allow camping there?